NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following described bills were introduced, read the first time, and were severally passed to the second reading, unless otherwise stated:
By Mr. SHIVELY [H. R. 248] to amend Section 64 of an act concerning proceedings in criminal cases, being Section 1,637 01 the Revised Statutes of 1881 [the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace ]
By Mr. WILEY [H. R. 249] in relation to petitions for rehearing in the Supreme Court.
By Mr. HEFFREN [H. R. 250] to amend Sections 25 and 26 of an act concerning decedents' estates being Sections 2,489 and 2,490 of the code of 1881, [relating to the estate of husband of wife.]
By M, HEFFREN [H. R. 251] to amend Section 1 of an act in regard to foreign Insurance Companies.